Galvez in Louisiana – the 1779 Hurricane

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The 1779 Hurricane created major complications for the Spanish campaign against the British. How Galvez dealt with the 1779 Hurricane Bernardo de Galvez, First Count of Galvez, assumed the Spanish Governorship of Louisiana on 1-January-1778. He followed orders from the Spanish crown to prepare for war with Great Britain. Galvez spent 1778 on these preparations, and was ready to move on the British by the Summer of 1779. He developed a plan that began with marching up the Mississippi River to capture the British outposts at Manchac and Baton Rouge. From Baton Rouge, the Spanish would then move across "West...